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Bird
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an aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, or guided missile.
“the crews worked frantically to ready their birds for flight”
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Icicle
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a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
“there were icicles hanging from the railings”
つらら🥶
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Bland
A
not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy:
I find chicken a little bland.
Pop music these days is so bland.
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Come to a close
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To reach an end point.
If there are no other issues to discuss, then this meeting can come to a close.
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voice-over
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words that describe or comment on a film, advertisement, or video, which are spoken by a person who is not seen:
Famous actors often provide voice-overs for advertisements.
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Patootie
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a girlfriend or attractive young woman.
“she’s a real hot patootie”
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Hell no
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“Hell no” is an informal, emphatic way to say “absolutely not” or “no way,” used to express strong refusal, disagreement, anger, or displeasure
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Wrote-off
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to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired:
His car was completely written off in the accident.
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Bunk down
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“Bunk down” is an informal phrasal verb meaning to sleep or go to bed, often in a simple or temporary place, like a spare room, couch, or even a camp. It
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Loser buys a round
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The phrase “losers buys a round” means that the person or team that loses a game or competition is responsible for purchasing the next round of drinks for everyone in the group
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Stellar partner
A
stellar partner” means an excellent, outstanding, or top-tier collaborator
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Margin of error
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The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in the results of a survey
Margin of Error（マージン・オブ・エラー）」とは、統計調査などで得られた数値が、実際の真の値からどれくらいずれている可能性があるかを示す「誤差の範囲（許容誤差）」のことです。特にアンケートや世論調査で使われ、「プラスマイナス3%の誤差」のように、信頼性を表すために使われます
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Touch grass
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“Touch grass” is internet slang telling someone to get offline, step away from screens, and reconnect with the real world, nature, or actual social interaction, implying they are too engrossed in online drama, gaming, or virtual life
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Catalyze
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cause or accelerate (a reaction) by acting as a catalyst.
“the enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of acetaldehyde”
「catalyze（カタライズ）」は「触媒となる、促進する、引き起こす
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Repository
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a person who has, or a book that contains, a lot of information or detailed knowledge:
She’s a repository of knowledge about our family history.
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Feast on
A
To “feast on” something means to eat a large amount of delicious food with great pleasure, or metaphorically, to enjoy something (like a view or art) with intense gratification
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Cash grab
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cash grab (plural cash grabs). (derogatory) A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits or money.
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Tangle
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twist together into a confused mass.
“the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt”
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Perverse
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strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:
Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting divorced.
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Slop
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to cause a liquid to flow over the edge of a container through not taking care or making a rough movement:
Careful, you’ve just slopped coffee all over the carpet!
=spill, overflow
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Virtuous
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having or showing high moral standards.
“she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked”
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Madonna
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noun
the Virgin Mary.
a picture, statue, or medallion of the Madonna, typically depicted seated and holding the infant Jesus.
noun: madonna; plural noun: madonnas
an idealized virtuous and beautiful woman.
“he describes Evelyn as a madonna”
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Insulate
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to cover and surround something with a material or substance in order to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering:
insulate something against something You can insulate a house against heat loss by having the windows double-glazed.
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Contraband
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goods that are brought into or taken out of the country secretly and illegally:
The lorry contained thousands of pounds worth of contraband.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness disrupting thought, emotion, and behavior, causing psychosis (hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking) and negative symptoms (flat affect, social withdrawal)
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Tone down
to make something less forceful or offensive, usually a piece of writing or a speech:
language is toned down Some of the language in the original play has been toned down for the television version.
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Get stalled
"Get stalled" means to stop making progress, come to a halt, or be delayed
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At this juncture
"At this juncture" means at this particular, often crucial or significant, point in time or a series of events, highlighting a moment where a decision or action is important
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Round him up
to find and bring together a group of animals or people:
The cowboys rounded the cattle up.
I'll just go and round up Andrew and Patrick for the meeting.
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Get up ones nerves
"To get up the nerve" means to find or gather enough courage and bravery to do something that is difficult, scary, or risky, often overcoming anxiety or fear, like asking someone out or giving a speech
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Get off me!
“Get off me" is a forceful demand for someone to stop touching you, move away, or get off your body, meaning "leave me alone," "don't touch me," or "go away," used when someone is physically on top of you, hugging too tightly, or being overly physically intrusive
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Fill the void
To replace someone or something that is absent or missing. No, we got that project done—Rebecca filled the void while you were on vacation
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Wild swings
"Wild swings" means sudden, extreme, and uncontrolled changes, often referring to emotions (mood swings), prices (market volatility), or physical movements (a punch or a swinging object). It implies a lack of stability
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Biennium
a specified period of two years.
"the budget for the next biennium"
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Winter Arc Challenge
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Great Lock In/Winter Arc Rules 2025 (PDF Workout Plan)
The Winter Arc Challenge is a popular social media (especially TikTok) self-improvement trend where individuals commit to a 90-day period (roughly Oct 1 - Jan 1) to build discipline and establish healthy habits in fitness, nutrition, or mindset, getting ahead of typical New Year's resolutions by "leveling up" during the quieter, colder months
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Backslapping
noisy expression of happiness and positive feelings, usually showing admiration for a shared success:
There was a party after the ceremony where much drinking and backslapping went on.
backslapping（バックスラッピング）は、人の背中をポンと叩いて賞賛や励まし、親愛の情を示す行為を指し、転じて内輪での過度な自画自賛や、お互いを褒め合うこと（内輪受け）といった比喩的な意味でも使われます。物理的な行為だけでなく、その裏にある「共感」や「仲間意識」の表現としても捉えられます
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stressed-out
suffering from high levels of physical or especially psychological stress
stressed out（ストレスアウト）は、「ストレスで疲れ切っている」「参っている」「イライラしている」「精神的に追い詰められている」といった、強いストレス状態にあること
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Hot take
a piece of commentary, typically produced quickly in response to a recent event, whose primary purpose is to attract attention.
"his hot take on the latest column"
「Hot take（ホットテイク）」とは、意図的に挑発的・過激で、世間の常識や一般的な意見に反するような、短時間で出された大胆な意見や論評のことです。しばしば、調査や深い思考なしに、注目を集める（バズる）目的で発言され、物議を醸すことが多いですが、その内容自体は必ずしも真実や正論である必要はありません。
主な特徴
挑発的・反論を誘う: 既存の考え方に挑戦し、即座の反応（賛否両論）を引き出すことを目的とします。
衝動的・短絡的: 十分な検証を経ずに、ニュースなどが出た直後に急いで発せられることが多いです。
注目集めが目的: 特にSNSなどで、フォロワーやトラフィックを増やすために使われます。
非公式な表現: ニュース記事の見出しや、インターネット上でのコメントなどで使われるスラングです。
例え
「みんなが『〇〇は最高だ』と言っている中で、『〇〇は実は最悪だ』とあえて言う意見」。
「フェミニズムが行き過ぎた」といった、過激な主張。
要するに、「世間の大多数が賛成する中で、あえて反対意見をぶつけて注目を集める、刺激的な意見」が「ホットテイク」です。
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HOT TAKE | 意味, Cambridge 英語辞書での定義
hot take は、特にインターネット上で、あるトピックについて個人の強い意見を述べた文章やスピーチを指す非公式の表現で、通常は disapproving の意味合いがあります。...
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hot takeの意味・使い方｜英辞郎 on the WEB
「hot take」は「ホットテイク」と読み、報道記者が十分な調査や思考をせずに急いで書いた記事や投稿メッセージを意味します。
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AI slop
AI slop refers to low-quality, often formulaic, and sometimes false digital content generated rapidly by artificial intelligence
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Stumble across
Stumble upon
"Stumbled across" means to find or discover something (or someone) unexpectedly or by chance
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Pulled into a whirlwind
To be "pulled into a whirlwind" means to become suddenly and often unexpectedly involved in a situation or series of events that happens very quickly, is intense, and often feels chaotic or difficult to control
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Soft spots in the regulation
A loophole in a law or set of rules.
“Exploit the soft spot of regulations”
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VirgoCX account
A VirgoCX account is an account on a Canadian-based cryptocurrency trading platform that allows users to buy, sell, deposit, and withdraw various digital assets using Canadian dollars (CAD) or other cryptocurrencies
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Jurisdictional vacuum
jurisdictional vacuum describes situations where no court or legal authority has clear power or responsibility to act, often occurring in complex transnational issues like corporate human rights abuses or with mobile children, leaving victims without legal recourse because traditional domestic laws can't reach global operations
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HTX wallet
HTX wallet refers to the digital storage for cryptocurrencies held on the HTX (formerly Huobi) crypto exchange platform, allowing users to hold, deposit, withdraw, and trade assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum within the HTX ecosystem. It functions as your account's "balance" where assets are kept, offering various management features like spot wallets, earn products, and options for different trading activities
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'Nothing gets done until somebody shakes the tree'
The phrase "'Nothing gets done until somebody shakes the tree'" is an idiom suggesting that progress or results only occur when someone actively takes initiative, creates a disturbance, or pushes for action [1]. It emphasizes the need for proactivity and sometimes disruption to get things moving
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Flout
intentionally not obey a rule, law, or custom:
flout the law Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
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Doze off
To "doze off" means to start to fall asleep unintentionally, usually for a short time, often during the day or while doing something else, like reading or watching TV
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Home fires burning
"Home fires burning" (or "keep the home fires burning") is an idiom meaning to maintain daily life, routine, and hope at home while someone is away, especially during wartime, symbolizing steadfastness and readiness for their return
“She kept the home fires burning while I dug the coal to keep the lit.”
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Tempering force
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"Tempering force" means to reduce the intensity, harshness, or extreme nature of something, making it milder, more controlled, or balanced by mixing in a balancing quality, like tempering anger with reason or making steel less brittle for better toughness
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Temper
1. improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it.
"the way a smith would temper a sword"
2. act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something).
"their idealism is tempered with realism"
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Come down the pipeline
Come down the pipeline" means something is in development, preparation, or in progress and expected to arrive or happen soon
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Glitch
a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should:
We'd expected a few glitches, but everything's gone remarkably smoothly.
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Novelty
the quality of being new and unusual:
The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
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Just name a few
giving only these as examples, even though more could be cited.
"the ingredients used are drawn from nature—avocado, lemongrass, and chamomile to name a few"
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Hairtail fish
太刀魚
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Carb loaded meal
A carb-loaded meal is a high-carbohydrate, moderate-protein, and low-fat/fiber meal consumed 1–3 days before endurance events (marathons, long cycles) to maximize muscle glycogen stores
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Ferocious
frightening and violent:
a ferocious dog
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Ardent
showing strong feelings:
an ardent supporter of Manchester United
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Affiliate
to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization:
be affiliated to a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai
「affiliate（アフィリエイト）」は「提携する」「加盟する」という意味で、特にインターネットでは、Webサイトやブログで商品を紹介し、その成果（購入や登録など）に応じて報酬を得る「成果報酬型広告」の仕組みや、その提携関係にある「関連会社・系列会社」を指します。語源は「傘下に置く」「会員にする」で、大学の付属病院や系列局、マイナーリーグチームなど、ある組織に属する（付属する・提携する）存在も意味します。
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Blood bath
an event or situation in which many people are killed in a violent way.
"the horrendous bloodbath of the First World War"
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Out of game
"Out of the game" means no longer participating, active, or competitive in something, like a sport, business, or dating; it can also mean someone is performing poorly or feeling unwell, often used as "off their game". The meaning depends on context, ranging from literally sidelined (e.g., injury) to metaphorically removed from a situation or not at one's best performance level
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Per se
否定文で「〜というわけではない」: ある事柄を認めつつも、全体としては違うというニュアンスを加えます。
例: "I'm not against the plan per se, but I have concerns about the budget."（計画自体に反対なわけではないが、予算に懸念がある）
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Brown nose
to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant:
The rest of the class were sick of watching him brown-nose.
Cajole butter up
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Down in the dumps
of a person) depressed or unhappy.
"she was feeling a bit down in the dumps"
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Level with me
"Level with me" means to speak honestly, frankly, and openly with someone, often revealing unpleasant truths or hidden facts, essentially asking them to be straightforward and not hide anything
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High jinks
energetic and excited behaviour in which people do funny things or play tricks on someone
High jinks（ハイジンクス）とは、騒々しい悪ふざけ、いたずら、どんちゃん騒ぎ、または茶目っ気のあるはしゃぎを意味する言葉で、特に周囲を困らせるような、やや派手で騒がしい行動を指します。語源は「高い（high）＋どんちゃん騒ぎ（jinks）」で、「激しい・勢いのある悪ふざけ」というニュアンスが強調されています
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Secondary picketing
the act of trying to prevent people, especially employees, from going into a company's building when that company is doing business with another one where the employees are on strike:
In many countries secondary picketing of companies not directly involved in a dispute has been ruled illegal.
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Confidcate
verb
take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
"the guards confiscated his camera"
Similar:
impound
seize
commandeer
requisition
appropriate
expropriate
take possession of
sequester
sequestrate
take away
take over
take
annex
distrain
attach
disseize
poind
Opposite:
return
take (a possession, especially land) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury.
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Screech
(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.
"she hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain"
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Don't aim for the top when splitting logs.
"Don't aim for the top" when splitting logs means you should aim to split the bottom or edges of the log, not the center top, to use existing cracks, gain leverage, and avoid the axe getting stuck or damaging the handle; focusing low allows the force to travel through the wood, making it split more effectively upwards.
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Non compete agreement
A non-compete agreement (NCA) is a contract clause where an employee agrees not to work for a competitor, start a competing business, or solicit clients for a specific time and geographic area after leaving their current employer, designed to protect the company's trade secrets and client base
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Curtail
reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
"civil liberties were further curtailed"
Similar:
reduce
cut
cut
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dawn on someone
If a fact dawns on you, you understand it after a period of not understanding it:
[ + that ] I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I'd left my wallet at home.
ハッと気がつく
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Box out
to prevent someone from getting something that they want:
All of the top jobs were taken, so I was boxed out.
締め出される
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Ray of hope
something that holds the promise of hope
This new medicine is a ray of hope for/to thousands of people.
= ray of sunshine
希望の星
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Gnome
a small ugly person.
"a grizzled gnome of a man"
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Retrospective
relating to or thinking about the past:
a retrospective album of solo Freddie Mercury tracks
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Toolbox
Metaphorically, a toolbox represents a collection of skills, knowledge, strategies, or resources someone possesses, ready to be applied to different situations
（比喩的）スキル・知識の集合体: 問題解決に必要な知識や技術のセット。例：「ビジネスのためのツールボックス（スキルセット）」。
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Chokehold
way of holding someone with your arm tightly around their neck so that they cannot breathe easily:
The officer had him in a chokehold.
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swivel
to (cause to) turn around a central point in order to face in another direction:
She swivelled round to look out of the window.
「swivel（スウィーベル）」の意味は、軸を中心に自由に回転する（させる）こと、またはそのための回転する部品や連結部（自在軸受、回り継ぎ手、スイベル）を指します。椅子やモニター、釣り具の「より戻し」など、回転・向きの変更が必要な様々な場所で使われる言葉で、動詞としても名詞としても使えます
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Cooked
badly defeated:
The team is getting cooked out there.
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Pimp
man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn
ポン引き
ヒモ
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Pass the buck
shift the responsibility for something to someone else.
"elected political leaders cannot pass the buck for crisis decisions to any alternative source of authority"
Origin : where a marker, often a knife with a buckhorn handle (the "buck"), indicated whose turn it was to deal, allowing a player to "pass the buck" (responsibility) to the next person instead of dealing
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Life is not fair
"Life is not fair" means that bad things happen to good people and good things to bad people, often without reason, defying our expectations of justice and equal outcomes, acknowledging inherent disparities in circumstances, luck, and treatment that aren't always earned or deserved
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Telrid and tested
denoting something that has proven in the past to be effective or reliable.
"a tried-and-tested recipe"
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Puny
small and weak.
"skeletal, white-faced, puny children"
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Look what the wind blew in
"Look what the wind blew in" means someone or something arrived unexpectedly, often with a slightly dismissive or surprised tone
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Blimp
large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. In the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below.
飛行船
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Lose my spare tire
To "lose your spare tire" means to lose the excess fat around your waist and abdomen, a colloquial term comparing the belly bulge to the extra tire carried in a car
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en·trée
the main course of a meal.
"meat and fish entrées are served with your choice of pasta, house salad, or vegetable of the day"
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Reel me against the ropes
"Reel me against the ropes" (more commonly "up against the ropes" or "on the ropes") means to be in a desperate, helpless, or nearly defeated situation, like a boxer being pushed to the ring's ropes and unable to defend themselves, signifying a business failing, a campaign losing, or a person struggling badly
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Foil for me
something or someone that makes another's qualities more noticeable by being very different from them:
The older, cynical character in the play is the perfect foil for the innocent William.
The onions and sage sound like good foils for the sweetness of the potatoes.
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Dust myself off
"Dust myself off" means to recover and get back up after a setback, failure, or disappointment, metaphorically brushing off the "dust" of the bad experience to continue with renewed energy, much like literally getting up and brushing dirt off your clothes. It implies resilience, getting oneself together, and moving forward, even after a fall or hardship
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Thin out
The phrase "thin out" means to make something less dense, crowded, or thick by removing some parts. It can refer to various contexts, such as:
Reducing the number of people in a crowd.
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Making hair less thick by cutting some off.
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Diatribe
a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something:
"a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church"
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Let it rip
allow something to happen forcefully or without interference.
"once she started a tirade, it was best to let it rip"
「let it rip」は「思いっきりやれ！」「全力を出せ！」「遠慮なく始めろ！」といった意味の英語のスラングで、スポーツやゲームなどで「（もう）始めよう」「ぶちかましてこい」と励ます時に使われます
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Barely out of teens
"Barely out of their teens" means someone has just turned 20, or is in their very early twenties, having recently left the 13-19 age range (the "teens"), but is still young and perhaps not fully mature or settled as an adult
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Cry wolf
to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it:
If you cry wolf too often, people will stop believing you.
Cry wolf"は、イソップ物語の『オオカミ少年』に由来し、「嘘をついて周囲を騒がせる」「（嘘の）虚報を伝える」、またはそうして周囲を騙し続ける行為を指す英語の成句です。何度も嘘をつくことで、本当に危ない時に誰からも信用されなくなる状況を表します
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Snatch up
grab or take something quickly and eagerly, often before someone else can, like snatching up the last cookie, or to acquire something rapidly, like fans snatching up concert tickets.
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